[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]
[H.R. 807 Reported in Senate (RS)]
Calendar No. 666
110th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 807
[Report No. 110-314]
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 6, 2007
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources
April 10, 2008
Reported by Mr. Bingaman, without amendment
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AN ACT
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource
study to determine the feasibility and suitability of establishing a
memorial to the Space Shuttle Columbia in the State of Texas and for
its inclusion as a unit of the National Park System.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Columbia Space Shuttle Memorial
Study Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Memorial.--The term ``memorial'' means a memorial to
the Space Shuttle Columbia that is subject to the study in
section 3(a).
(2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National
Park Service.
SEC. 3. STUDY OF SUITABILITY AND FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING MEMORIALS
TO THE SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA.
(a) In General.--Not later than 3 years after the date on which
funds are made available, the Secretary shall conduct a special
resource study to determine the feasibility and suitability of
establishing a memorial as a unit or units of the National Park System
to the Space Shuttle Columbia on land in the State of Texas described
in subsection (b) on which large debris from the Shuttle was recovered.
(b) Description of Land.--The parcels of land referred to in
subsection (a) are--
(1) the parcel of land owned by the Fredonia Corporation,
located at the southeast corner of the intersection of East
Hospital Street and North Fredonia Street, Nacogdoches, Texas;
(2) the parcel of land owned by Temple Inland Inc., 10
acres of a 61-acre tract bounded by State Highway 83 and Bayou
Bend Road, Hemphill, Texas;
(3) the parcel of land owned by the city of Lufkin, Texas,
located at City Hall Park, 301 Charlton Street, Lufkin, Texas;
and
(4) the parcel of land owned by San Augustine County,
Texas, located at 1109 Oaklawn Street, San Augustine, Texas.
(c) Additional Sites.--The Secretary may recommend to Congress
additional sites in the State of Texas relating to the Space Shuttle
Columbia for establishment as memorials to the Space Shuttle Columbia.
Calendar No. 666
110th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 807
[Report No. 110-314]
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource
study to determine the feasibility and suitability of establishing a
memorial to the Space Shuttle Columbia in the State of Texas and for
its inclusion as a unit of the National Park System.
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April 10, 2008
Reported without amendment